CVE-2022-50090

HIGH
Published Jun 18, 2025 Modified Nov 18, 2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: replace BTRFS_MAX_EXTENT_SIZE with fs_info->max_extent_size On zoned filesystem, data write out is limited by max_zone_append_size, and a large ordered extent is split according the size of a bio. OTOH, the number of extents to be written is calculated using BTRFS_MAX_EXTENT_SIZE, and that estimated number is used to reserve the metadata bytes to update and/or create the metadata items. The metadata reservation is done at e.g, btrfs_buffered_write() and then released according to the estimation changes. Thus, if the number of extent increases massively, the reserved metadata can run out. The increase of the number of extents easily occurs on zoned filesystem if BTRFS_MAX_EXTENT_SIZE > max_zone_append_size. And, it causes the following warning on a small RAM environment with disabling metadata over-commit (in the following patch). [75721.498492] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [75721.505624] BTRFS: block rsv 1 returned -28 [75721.512230] WARNING: CPU: 24 PID: 2327559 at fs/btrfs/block-rsv.c:537 btrfs_use_block_rsv+0x560/0x760 [btrfs] [75721.581854] CPU: 24 PID: 2327559 Comm: kworker/u64:10 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W 5.18.0-rc2-BTRFS-ZNS+ #109 [75721.597200] Hardware name: Supermicro Super Server/H12SSL-NT, BIOS 2.0 02/22/2021 [75721.607310] Workqueue: btrfs-endio-write btrfs_work_helper [btrfs] [75721.616209] RIP: 0010:btrfs_use_block_rsv+0x560/0x760 [btrfs] [75721.646649] RSP: 0018:ffffc9000fbdf3e0 EFLAGS: 00010286 [75721.654126] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000004000 RCX: 0000000000000000 [75721.663524] RDX: 0000000000000004 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: fffff52001f7be6e [75721.672921] RBP: ffffc9000fbdf420 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffff889f8d1fc6c7 [75721.682493] R10: ffffed13f1a3f8d8 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff88980a3c0e28 [75721.692284] R13: ffff889b66590000 R14: ffff88980a3c0e40 R15: ffff88980a3c0e8a [75721.701878] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff889f8d000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [75721.712601] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [75721.720726] CR2: 000055d12e05c018 CR3: 0000800193594000 CR4: 0000000000350ee0 [75721.730499] Call Trace: [75721.735166] <TASK> [75721.739886] btrfs_alloc_tree_block+0x1e1/0x1100 [btrfs] [75721.747545] ? btrfs_alloc_logged_file_extent+0x550/0x550 [btrfs] [75721.756145] ? btrfs_get_32+0xea/0x2d0 [btrfs] [75721.762852] ? btrfs_get_32+0xea/0x2d0 [btrfs] [75721.769520] ? push_leaf_left+0x420/0x620 [btrfs] [75721.776431] ? memcpy+0x4e/0x60 [75721.781931] split_leaf+0x433/0x12d0 [btrfs] [75721.788392] ? btrfs_get_token_32+0x580/0x580 [btrfs] [75721.795636] ? push_for_double_split.isra.0+0x420/0x420 [btrfs] [75721.803759] ? leaf_space_used+0x15d/0x1a0 [btrfs] [75721.811156] btrfs_search_slot+0x1bc3/0x2790 [btrfs] [75721.818300] ? lock_downgrade+0x7c0/0x7c0 [75721.824411] ? free_extent_buffer.part.0+0x107/0x200 [btrfs] [75721.832456] ? split_leaf+0x12d0/0x12d0 [btrfs] [75721.839149] ? free_extent_buffer.part.0+0x14f/0x200 [btrfs] [75721.846945] ? free_extent_buffer+0x13/0x20 [btrfs] [75721.853960] ? btrfs_release_path+0x4b/0x190 [btrfs] [75721.861429] btrfs_csum_file_blocks+0x85c/0x1500 [btrfs] [75721.869313] ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x16/0x80 [75721.876085] ? lock_release+0x552/0xf80 [75721.881957] ? btrfs_del_csums+0x8c0/0x8c0 [btrfs] [75721.888886] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20 [75721.895152] ? do_raw_read_unlock+0x44/0x80 [75721.901323] ? _raw_write_lock_irq+0x60/0x80 [75721.907983] ? btrfs_global_root+0xb9/0xe0 [btrfs] [75721.915166] ? btrfs_csum_root+0x12b/0x180 [btrfs] [75721.921918] ? btrfs_get_global_root+0x820/0x820 [btrfs] [75721.929166] ? _raw_write_unlock+0x23/0x40 [75721.935116] ? unpin_extent_cache+0x1e3/0x390 [btrfs] [75721.942041] btrfs_finish_ordered_io.isra.0+0xa0c/0x1dc0 [btrfs] [75721.949906] ? try_to_wake_up+0x30/0x14a0 [75721.955700] ? btrfs_unlink_subvol+0xda0/0xda0 [btrfs] [75721.962661] ? rcu ---truncated---

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CVSS v3.1 Score

7.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor Product
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel
linux linux_kernel

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2022-50090? +
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: replace BTRFS_MAX_EXTENT_SIZE with fs_info->max_extent_size On zoned filesystem, data write out is limited by max_zone_append_size, and a large ordered extent is split according the size of a bio. OTOH, the number of extents to be written is calculated using BTRFS_MAX_EXTENT_SIZE, and that estimated number is used to reserve the metadata bytes to update and/or create the metadata items. The metadata reservation is done at e.g, btrfs_buffered_write() and then released according to the estimation changes. Thus, if the number of extent increases massively, the reserved metadata can run out. The increase of the number of extents easily occurs on zoned filesystem if BTRFS_MAX_EXTENT_SIZE > max_zone_append_size. And, it causes the following warning on a small RAM environment with disabling metadata over-commit (in the following patch). [75721.498492] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [75721.505624] BTRFS: block rsv 1 returned -28 [75721.512230] WARNING: CPU: 24 PID: 2327559 at fs/btrfs/block-rsv.c:537 btrfs_use_block_rsv+0x560/0x760 [btrfs] [75721.581854] CPU: 24 PID: 2327559 Comm: kworker/u64:10 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G W 5.18.0-rc2-BTRFS-ZNS+ #109 [75721.597200] Hardware name: Supermicro Super Server/H12SSL-NT, BIOS 2.0 02/22/2021 [75721.607310] Workqueue: btrfs-endio-write btrfs_work_helper [btrfs] [75721.616209] RIP: 0010:btrfs_use_block_rsv+0x560/0x760 [btrfs] [75721.646649] RSP: 0018:ffffc9000fbdf3e0 EFLAGS: 00010286 [75721.654126] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000004000 RCX: 0000000000000000 [75721.663524] RDX: 0000000000000004 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: fffff52001f7be6e [75721.672921] RBP: ffffc9000fbdf420 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffff889f8d1fc6c7 [75721.682493] R10: ffffed13f1a3f8d8 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff88980a3c0e28 [75721.692284] R13: ffff889b66590000 R14: ffff88980a3c0e40 R15: ffff88980a3c0e8a [75721.701878] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff889f8d000000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [75721.712601] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [75721.720726] CR2: 000055d12e05c018 CR3: 0000800193594000 CR4: 0000000000350ee0 [75721.730499] Call Trace: [75721.735166] <TASK> [75721.739886] btrfs_alloc_tree_block+0x1e1/0x1100 [btrfs] [75721.747545] ? btrfs_alloc_logged_file_extent+0x550/0x550 [btrfs] [75721.756145] ? btrfs_get_32+0xea/0x2d0 [btrfs] [75721.762852] ? btrfs_get_32+0xea/0x2d0 [btrfs] [75721.769520] ? push_leaf_left+0x420/0x620 [btrfs] [75721.776431] ? memcpy+0x4e/0x60 [75721.781931] split_leaf+0x433/0x12d0 [btrfs] [75721.788392] ? btrfs_get_token_32+0x580/0x580 [btrfs] [75721.795636] ? push_for_double_split.isra.0+0x420/0x420 [btrfs] [75721.803759] ? leaf_space_used+0x15d/0x1a0 [btrfs] [75721.811156] btrfs_search_slot+0x1bc3/0x2790 [btrfs] [75721.818300] ? lock_downgrade+0x7c0/0x7c0 [75721.824411] ? free_extent_buffer.part.0+0x107/0x200 [btrfs] [75721.832456] ? split_leaf+0x12d0/0x12d0 [btrfs] [75721.839149] ? free_extent_buffer.part.0+0x14f/0x200 [btrfs] [75721.846945] ? free_extent_buffer+0x13/0x20 [btrfs] [75721.853960] ? btrfs_release_path+0x4b/0x190 [btrfs] [75721.861429] btrfs_csum_file_blocks+0x85c/0x1500 [btrfs] [75721.869313] ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x16/0x80 [75721.876085] ? lock_release+0x552/0xf80 [75721.881957] ? btrfs_del_csums+0x8c0/0x8c0 [btrfs] [75721.888886] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20 [75721.895152] ? do_raw_read_unlock+0x44/0x80 [75721.901323] ? _raw_write_lock_irq+0x60/0x80 [75721.907983] ? btrfs_global_root+0xb9/0xe0 [btrfs] [75721.915166] ? btrfs_csum_root+0x12b/0x180 [btrfs] [75721.921918] ? btrfs_get_global_root+0x820/0x820 [btrfs] [75721.929166] ? _raw_write_unlock+0x23/0x40 [75721.935116] ? unpin_extent_cache+0x1e3/0x390 [btrfs] [75721.942041] btrfs_finish_ordered_io.isra.0+0xa0c/0x1dc0 [btrfs] [75721.949906] ? try_to_wake_up+0x30/0x14a0 [75721.955700] ? btrfs_unlink_subvol+0xda0/0xda0 [btrfs] [75721.962661] ? rcu ---truncated--- It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).
How severe is CVE-2022-50090? +
CVE-2022-50090 has a CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8 out of 10, rated HIGH. This is a high-severity vulnerability that should be prioritized for patching.
What products are affected by CVE-2022-50090? +
CVE-2022-50090 affects products from linux, specifically: linux_kernel. Check the affected products table above for specific version ranges.
How do I check if I'm vulnerable to CVE-2022-50090? +
You can use Secably's free Website Scanner to check your website for known vulnerabilities. For infrastructure scanning, use the Port Scanner to identify exposed services that may be affected. Check the vendor advisories linked above for specific patch and version information.

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